Robert McLean III

Life and records

Funeral-home obituary: born 23 May 1928 Baltimore, died 11 Nov 2008 Glen Burnie, son of Robert McLean Jr. and Mary Igelhart McLean, four children including Lisa McLean Reynolds.

Iglehart is his mother's maiden name, not a middle name of Robert himself. Funeral-home text spells the mother's name Igelhart; standard Maryland family spelling is Iglehart. Twin of Mollie McLean O'Grady.

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1. USER-STATED 2026-09-25 (Will Reynolds): Millen Griffith VI is Charles Lord Griffith III’s brother.

   robert (iggelhart maybe) mclean

2. Aka Bob; detailed bio: Gilman Fisher Prize + trustees; Yale societies; VTS attended + honorary doctorate; Penn MPA; Marines; opened Cushman & Wakefield Greater Philadelphia 1971; Cambridge Institute chairman; Cathedral and National Building Museum roles.

   Graveside service will be held ar 11:00 am on Saturday, July 4th, 2009 at Warwick Cemetery.

3. USER-STATED 2026-09-25 (Will Reynolds): Millen Griffith VI is Charles Lord Griffith III’s brother.

   Both grandparent couples confirmed by the user

4. Education LOCK: Gilman School 1946; Yale B.A. politics/history/economics 1950; University of Pennsylvania M.A. public administration 1969; Marine Corps staff sergeant 1952–1956. Occupation LOCK: Cushman & Wakefield commercial RE broker / account executive / vice chairman business development & public affairs 1971–2001. Raised Park Avenue, Bolton Hill, Baltimore.

   Robert McLean III, a retired commercial real estate broker and Gibson Island resident, died of pulmonary failure Nov. 11 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The longtime Gibson Island resident was 80. ... Surviving are his wife of 48 years, the former Elizabeth Madison Lewis; ... two daughters, Lisa McLean of Los Angeles and Mary McLean-Hely of Bronxville, N.Y.; and five grandchildren.

5. Aka Bob; detailed bio: Gilman Fisher Prize + trustees; Yale societies; VTS attended + honorary doctorate; Penn MPA; Marines; opened Cushman & Wakefield Greater Philadelphia 1971; Cambridge Institute chairman; Cathedral and National Building Museum roles.

   died at the age of 80, on November 11, 2008 of pulmonary failure at the Hospice of the Chesapeake at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Madison Lewis McLean, and his four children: Lisa McLean Reynolds, Alexander McLean, Mary McLean-Hely, and John McLean. ... The son of Robert McLean, Jr. and Mary Igelhart McLean, Bob and his twin sister Mollie McLean O’Grady were born on May 23rd, 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland.

6. WaPo corroboration: commercial real estate broker Cushman and Wakefield (account executive → vice chairman business development and public affairs, ~30 years); resident McLean and Gibson Island; active Washington National Cathedral; d. 11 Nov 2008 Glen Burnie.

   Robert McLean III, 80, a commercial real estate broker who was active at Washington National Cathedral, died of pulmonary failure Nov. 11 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie. Mr. McLean, a resident of McLean and Gibson Island, Md.

7. Aka Bob; detailed bio: Gilman Fisher Prize + trustees; Yale societies; VTS attended + honorary doctorate; Penn MPA; Marines; opened Cushman & Wakefield Greater Philadelphia 1971; Cambridge Institute chairman; Cathedral and National Building Museum roles.

   The son of Robert McLean, Jr. and Mary Igelhart McLean

8. Aka Bob; detailed bio: Gilman Fisher Prize + trustees; Yale societies; VTS attended + honorary doctorate; Penn MPA; Marines; opened Cushman & Wakefield Greater Philadelphia 1971; Cambridge Institute chairman; Cathedral and National Building Museum roles.

   died at the age of 80, on November 11, 2008 of pulmonary failure ... survived by his wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Madison Lewis McLean, and his four children: Lisa McLean Reynolds, Alexander McLean, Mary McLean-Hely, and John McLean. ... The son of Robert McLean, Jr. and Mary Igelhart McLean, Bob and his twin sister Mollie McLean O'Grady were born on May 23rd, 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland.

9. Cambridge Institute For Applied Research chairman (Washington, DC) as of Dec 2004; classmate/colleague of Bishop John Thomas Walker for four decades.

   Robert McLean III is Chairman of the Board of The Cambridge Institute For Applied Research (CI) in Washington, DC. McLean was a classmate, colleague, and close friend of Bishop Walker’s for more than four decades.

10. WaPo corroboration: commercial real estate broker Cushman and Wakefield (account executive → vice chairman business development and public affairs, ~30 years); resident McLean and Gibson Island; active Washington National Cathedral; d. 11 Nov 2008 Glen Burnie.

    Robert McLean III, 80, a commercial real estate broker who was active at Washington National Cathedral, died of pulmonary failure Nov. 11 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie. Mr. McLean, a resident of McLean and Gibson Island, Md., worked for Cushman and Wakefield, rising from an account executive to vice chairman of business development and public affairs in his 30 years with the firm.

11. Aka Bob; detailed bio: Gilman Fisher Prize + trustees; Yale societies; VTS attended + honorary doctorate; Penn MPA; Marines; opened Cushman & Wakefield Greater Philadelphia 1971; Cambridge Institute chairman; Cathedral and National Building Museum roles.

    Bob attended Gilman School in Baltimore, won the William A. Fisher Prize for Scholarship and Leadership and later served on the National Board of Trustees. He continued on to Yale University in New Haven, CT, where he received a B.A. in Politics, History and Economics. … attending the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA, where he later received an honorary doctorate. Later, he continued his studies at University of PA where he earned an M.A. in Public Administration. … started his 30-year career with Cushman and Wakefield by opening the Greater Philadelphia office in 1971 … Most recently, Bob was chairman and senior executive counselor of the Cambridge Institute

12. Yale College Class of 1950; death 11 Nov 2008 (Yale Alumni Magazine In Memoriam Mar/Apr 2009).

    ’50 Robert McLean III. November 11, 2008

13. Education LOCK: Gilman School 1946; Yale B.A. politics/history/economics 1950; University of Pennsylvania M.A. public administration 1969; Marine Corps staff sergeant 1952–1956. Occupation LOCK: Cushman & Wakefield commercial RE broker / account executive / vice chairman business development & public affairs 1971–2001. Raised Park Avenue, Bolton Hill, Baltimore.

    raised on Park Avenue in Bolton Hill. He was a 1946 graduate of Gilman School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in politics, history and economics from Yale University in 1950 and earned a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. Mr. McLean served as a staff sergeant in the Marine Corps from 1952 to 1956. He was a commercial real estate broker, account executive and later vice chairman of business development and public affairs for Cushman & Wakefield from 1971 to 2001.

14. Virginia Theological Seminary honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (D.H.L.): Mr. Robert McLean III listed under Awarded October 2001.

    Awarded October 2001 … Mr. Robert McLean III (D.H.L.)